A Medieval Festival at Waltham Abbey to commemorate Harold, the last Saxon King of England.

Here’s the 1066 York to Hastings Marchers at Audley End, which they reached today. They will be arriving at Waltham Abbey Gateway tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, about 5 pm. (EN9 1XQ).

Do come and join us at the Gateway to welcome them. And the Abbey bells will also peal out a welcome. Then we will move to the rear of the Abbey, the east side, where we shall re-enact King Harold II praying at the miraculous Holy Cross of Waltham for victory in the coming battle against Duke William of Normandy. Legend has it that the figure on the Cross bowed its head. This was taken as a bad omen for the battle, and was right as at the Battle of Senlac Hill, popularly known as the Battle of Hastings, King Harold lost his life. So the last Anglo Saxon King of England was no more.